> A virtual forum could be a boon to people with good technical ideas but high introversion. This sounds like IRC, or whatever the preference is these days. A

> A virtual forum could be a boon to people with good technical ideas but high introversion. This sounds like IRC, or whatever the preference is these days. As a conference organiser myself, I think it's perfectly fine for people to not enjoy the hallway track. These people might be the ones who benefit the most from sitting in the talk room, and being exposed to the variety of ideas that a conference would hopefully offer. I also think that it's perfectly fine to just crowd around a speaker (at least, in pre-COVID times), and just listen in on the technical conversations that other attendees are having with them.